1979 Tour of Flanders

63rd Tour of Flanders Tours de Flandres 1979.png 1 April 1979 1 267 km 6h 31' Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh–McGregor Marc Demeyer BEL Flandria–Ça va seul Daniel Willems BEL IJsboerke–Warncke 1978 1980 The 63rd Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 1 April 1979. The race was won by Dutch rider Jan Raas in Meerbeke after a 15 km solo attack.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, 90-73322-02-2, p 180Ronde van Vlaanderen 1968 http://www.siteducyclisme.net/ritfiche.php?ritid=7925 siteducyclisme.net 7 March 2016 French 34 of 180 riders finished.McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/1979-tour-of-flanders.html 1979 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 7 March 2016 Route The race started in Sint Niklaas and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove) – covering 267 km. There were nine categorized climbs: Oude Kwaremont Koppenberg Taaienberg Eikenberg Volkegemberg Boigneberg Steenberg Muur van Geraardsbergen Bosberg Results 1 Jan Raas NED TI–Raleigh–McGregor 6h 31' 00" 2 Marc Demeyer BEL Flandria–Ça va seul + 1' 04" 3 Daniel Willems BEL IJsboerke–Warncke + 1' 15" 4 Marc Renier BEL KAS–Campagnolo s.t. 5 Piet van Katwijk NED TI–Raleigh–McGregor s.t. 6 Jos Schipper NED Zeepcentrale Marc s.t. 7 Hennie Kuiper NED Peugeot–Esso–Michelin s.t. 8 Walter Godefroot BEL IJsboerke–Warncke s.t. 9 Guido Van Calster BEL DAF Trucks + 1' 20" 10 Joop Zoetemelk NED Miko–Mercier + 1' 25" References External links Video of the 1979 Tour of Flanders on Sporza (in Dutch) Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Category:1979 Super Prestige Pernod